ref.: July 4, 2000, "Head or Death mask from Amarna"
1) Aegyptisches Museum (Berlin) No. 21340 (called "Head of Akhenaten" by
Aldred in _Akhenaten and Nefertiti_ (1973), No. 94).
(Somewhat idealized portrait of the king; please note that this same image
has also been argued to be that of Smenkhkare. Compare with Berlin No.
21348, which is also the head of a "young/idealized king")
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2) Aegyptisches Museum (Berlin) No. 21351 (Called "Head of a King" by
Aldred in _Akhenaten and Nefertiti_ (1973), No. 95).
(Showing an older and more "weary" portrait of a king, which Aldred
describes as Akhenaten "...in the last years of his reign." This is the
one that, IMO, according to your description appears to "...looks like a
battered version of one of the unfinished heads of Nefertiti.")
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3) Aegyptisches Museum (Berlin) No. 21350 (Called "Portrait Mask of a Man" by
Aldred in _Akhenaten and Nefertiti_ (1973), No. 108)
(This head as Akhenaten is quite debatable, although it has more of a
"death mask" quality than the first two, which is why I include it as a
*possible* portrait. It has been proposed by Aldred to represent one of
Akhenaten's entourage, and possibly specific to Ay).
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Images rendered from several sources.
Katherine Griffis-Greenberg
grifcon@mindspring.com
